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Puccini - La Rondine | Naxos - DVD 2110266

Puccini - La Rondine

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Label: Naxos - DVD

Cat No: 2110266

Barcode: 0747313526659

Format: DVD - NTSC

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 30th March 2009

Contents

Artists

Svetla Vassileva
Maya Dashuk
Fabio Sartori
Emanuele Giannino
Marzio Giossi
Orchestra and Chorus of the Puccini Festival

Conductor

Alberto Veronesi

Works

Puccini, Giacomo

La Rondine

Artists

Svetla Vassileva
Maya Dashuk
Fabio Sartori
Emanuele Giannino
Marzio Giossi
Orchestra and Chorus of the Puccini Festival

Conductor

Alberto Veronesi

About

Although one of his most consistently lyrical operas, La Rondine (The Swallow) remains one of Puccini’s least known. Dissatisfied with the result of his work, Puccini wrote three versions, with two different endings, and continued to make further revisions up to his death in 1924.

This innovative 2007 production is in effect a fourth version, which combines Acts I and II of the first version (1917), with Lorenzo Ferrero’s 1994 orchestration of parts of the Finale of Act III of the incomplete third version (1921), some of which had survived only in piano score, as well as Ruggero’s Act I romanza, ‘Parigi è la città dei desideri’, from the second version (1920). This is a world premiere recording of this little known ‘fourth version’.

With a sparkling score reminiscent of Franz Lehár and Richard Strauss, La Rondine, set in mid-19th century Paris, tells the story of Magda de Civry, a young courtesan who falls in love one evening with Ruggero Lastouc, the handsome son of a childhood friend of her protector, Rambaldo Fernandez. Although Magda believes that her compromised social position prevents their marrying, in Puccini’s third version it is Ruggero who leaves Magda when he discovers that she is the mistress of Rambaldo.

Cast:
- Magda: Svetla Vassileva
- Lisette: Maya Dashuk
- Ruggero: Fabio Sartori
- Prunier: Emanuele Giannino
- Rambaldo: Marzio Giossi

Filmed at the 53rd Puccini Festival, Torre del Lago, Italy, 8, 10 & 16 August 2007

Sung in Italian • Subtitles in Italian and English
Total Running Time: 110:54
NTSC: No Region Coding
Picture Format: 16:9
Dual Layer Disc • Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo • Dolby Surround 5.0

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